Americans may disagree on whether to call them fireflies or lightning bugs, but the weather has made for a great year for the blinking bugs.

Areas just east of the Rockies can expect a nearly daily dose of severe thunderstorms into early next week ahead of a new heat dome to build--this time over the western United States.

Storms turned highways into rivers across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, killing a young boy in Maryland and prompting rescues, road closures, and widespread damage.

The July 4 flood that killed 136 in Texas is under scrutiny after key officials missed warnings. Families and lawmakers are calling for better alerts, mental health care, and accountability.

The alerts sparked frantic evacuations in Hawaii, where many recall the horror of the catastrophic tsunamis that caused unimaginable damage and untold loss of life around the Indian Ocean in 2004 and ...